Thyroid Storm Provoked by Interleukin-2 Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma

With the growing use of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease, severe autoimmune thyroid dysfunction may be provoked at an increasing rate. We herein report a 49-year-old male patient experiencing a life- threatening thyroid storm provoked by interleukin-2 (IL-2). This was...

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Main Authors: Yao-Chung Liu, Ming-Hung Hu, Yuan-Hao Yang, Jyh-Pyng Gau, Jin-Hwang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Research and Practice
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2311300616300283